MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri says he is hopeful that the succession process within the Ngoni Royal Establishment will provide a positive example of an orderly transition of traditional leadership. Phiri notes that there are currently more than 56 succession disputes involving traditional leadership before courts of law across the country. Paramount Chief Mpezeni IV of the Ngoni people died on Saturday at the age of 75. The traditional leader had been on the throne for 44 years and is reported to have been 30 years old when he ascended to the throne in June 1982. Meanwhile, Phiri has since appealed to traditional establishments countrywide to support peaceful and structured succession processes and avoid...